127: Regenerating soil, regenerating ourselves

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Farmer Paul Grieve, of Primal Pastures in Southern California peels back the curtain on how life on the farm affects our own lives. We all want to be healthy and eat real, nutrient-dense food. This becomes a reality when we begin cooperating with nature and regenerating the soil. When we help the land heal, we heal ourselves.

On today's episode, Paul describes what regenerative agriculture looks like and why it's important. It's healthy farming at its best--restoring the soil, the air quality, ground water, and wildlife, while at the same time providing nutrient-dense food for people.

He also talks about how challenging it is to come by. He describes how labels like "organic," "cage-free,""antibiotic-free," etc. don't tell the whole story. He explains why organic food costs producers and consumers more. In sum, he describes the how and why behind sustainable, regenerative agriculture and how it is worth the effort--since it benefits us, our children, and grandchildren.

To find out more about Paul, visit Primal Pastures.

And check out our sponsor, Kraut Pounder.

To learn more about food, farming, and the healing arts, or to make a donation, visit the Weston A. Price Foundation's website here.

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0:00.0	I have this fundamental belief that a cow is not more important that a caterpillar and we need to value all animals the same way and a single shot of round up can kill hundreds of millions of animals in a hundred acre plot and so when we look at this not as a sustainable farming operation but really as a regenerative
0:16.8	farming operation where you have super diverse hundreds of species of bugs and worms and critters and grasses and flowers and weeds.
0:24.1	That's a real ecosystem and that's actually doing the least amount of harm and
0:28.7	even better than that it's doing the most amount of good for our land and our soil. Welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast sponsored by the Westin A Price Foundation for
0:46.6	Wise Traditions and Food Farming and the Healing Arts. We are your source for scientific
0:51.9	knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.
0:56.0	I'm your host Total Abrathagor.
1:01.0	This is episode 127 and my guest is farmer Paul Grieve of
1:05.0	primal pastors. Paul calls himself an accidental farmer. His brother-in-law
1:09.8	kind of hoodwinked him into the business. He'll explain all that in just a moment and today he tells us how of along the way. How critical it is, for example, to know where your food comes from, what
1:25.7	its quality of life has been like, what it's been fed or injected with. He goes into how labels
1:31.4	on our food don't tell us the whole story and why organic food can be more expensive.
1:36.2	In the end, you'll catch his vision of the power of regenerative agriculture
1:40.9	to produce food that is good for us, our children, and future generations.
1:45.9	I hope to visit Paul and his farm this summer when I go out to California in July.
1:50.3	I really want to see this place with my own eyes because it certainly sounded like a lot was going on as we were recording this the other day.
1:56.0	Before we get into it, we want to pause and recognize our sponsors.
1:59.0	The Wise Traditions Podcast is supported in part by Krautpounder. Do you make your own
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2:19.0	And listeners like you. Your donations and membership contributions help support projects like this
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